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Raul Ramirez (1953)
Tennis is an outdoor sport, which can be played between two players or four players. Players utilize a stringed racquet to hit a rubber ball, hollow inside covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. In some places tennis is referred to as lawn tennis. This game started in England and was the most popular amongst the upper class of society. Presently tennis is an Olympic sport, as well as, it is played in various tournaments including the four Grand Slams in many countries, by people of all ages and classes.
There are three different court surfaces it is played on namely, clay court, grass court and hard court. Depending on the surface, each one provides a different movement of speed and bounce for the ball, which in turn affects the level of play of individual players.
Raul Ramirez was born on June 20, 1953, in Ensenada, Mexico. Ramirez is a Right-handed tennis player, with a height of six feet and weighing 79 pounds. He is a well known Tennis Player.
Ramirez is considered to be one of the great all-around players of the modern era. With Brian Gottfried, he has won the doubles title at Wimbledon once, Roland Garros twice and the Italian Open four times. He was the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing the feat in 1976.
He is one of the all times leading doubles winners and spent 61 weeks ranked number 1 in doubles beginning April 12, 1976. He was an All-American at the University of Southern California, and was the runner-up at the 1973 NCAA, the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships. Personal: Retired from the ATP circuit in 1984 and was named Director of Tennis at the Loreto Tennis Center in Baja California. He also commentates for Mexican television networks and Fox Sports Latin America.
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